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Intervista a Maurizio Brunod

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 15, 2010

“Camaleontico," si definisce Maurizio Brunod, quarantunenne chitarrista di Ivrea, per la sua esigenza di suonare con musicisti diversi e su repertori che spaziano dall'avanguardia alla melodia, dai ritmi nordici a quelli latini. E certo, ascoltando i suoi lavori più recenti - Northern Light in solo, Svartisen in quintetto con John Surman, Jeux d'Enfants in quartetto con ...

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Lew Tabackin

by Ken Dryden
March 14, 2010

Lew Tabackin needs no introduction to serious jazz fans. The tenor saxophonist and flutist worked with Maynard Ferguson, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Joe Henderson, Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd, Elvin Jones and The Tonight Show Band; was a star soloist with the Danish Radio Orchestra in the late '60s; and joined alto saxophonist Phil Woods for a ...

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Thinkin' About Jackie

March 13, 2010

At the recent and successful launch of the Mid Atlantic Jazz Festival (check Facebook for the Jazz Video Guy Bret Primack's clips from the festival), successor to the mid-winter DC classic East Coast Jazz Festival, the event was capped off by a joyous Saturday night tribute to Charlie Parker. “Word on Bird" (title liberally lifted from ...

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Jazz Bassist Dave Holland Continues to Find New "Pathways"

March 12, 2010

By Tad Hendrickson If you look around the scene, you'll find that Dave Holland has few peers. He came into the jazz public's consciousness as a bassist for Miles Davis from the late '60s to the early '70s, making his debut as a leader in 1972. He's currently at the very top of the game, leading ...

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Fats Waller in a Nutshell

March 11, 2010

Here's a beautifully written passage on pianist Fats Waller from Jazz (Norton), a deftly written book by Gary Giddins and Scott DeVeaux. Jazz provides you with a robust, friendly overview of the music and artists as well as an in-depth analysis of select recordings: “Adapting the guise of a Harlem dandy--in a derby, vest, and ...

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Scheletri d'Africa negli armadi del groove! Intervista con Ben Lamdin

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 11, 2010

Una band che non esiste realmente. L'Africa e il jazz che reclamano con evidenza sempre maggiore la loro centralità nelle musiche della nostra imperfetta globalità. Un'occasione per riflettere su tutto questo viene dall'Inghilterra e in particolare dalla fervida attività del musicista e produttore Ben Lamdin, che abbiamo incominciato a conoscere e apprezzare sotto la sigla Nostalgia ...

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Intervista a Giorgio Gaslini

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 11, 2010

Il 22 ottobre 2009 Giorgio Gaslini ha compiuto ottant'anni. Per l'occasione il festival Parma Jazz Frontiere gli ha dedicato la serata del 29 novembre, facendo eseguire sue composizioni da un tentetto di suoi collaboratori di ieri e di oggi, fra i quali Gianluigi Trovesi, Roberto Ottaviano e Roberto Dani, sotto la dinamica direzione di Roberto Bonati. ...

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Cuban Pianist Roberto Fonseca Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

March 10, 2010

Recognition for the considerable talent of Cuban pianist, Roberto Fonseca has spread far and wide, and if there was another dimension to enter, it would be the one that qualifies an artist to greatness. However, Fonseca fights shy of any attention that distracts from his music. A deeply spiritual person, who just happens to express himself ...

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Billy Verplanck Said It

March 10, 2010

In April 1958, Coleman Hawkins recorded Meets the Big Sax Section for Savoy. The session lived up to its billing. Hawkins was teamed with Count Basie's Marshall Royal, Frank Wess, Frank Foster and Charlie Fowlkes. The result, as you can imagine, was heavenly, inserting Hawkins' big bossy tenor into Basie's refined saxes. I posted about this ...

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